bioinnovel Chapter 167 Lychees? How can you expect me to have lychees!
Chapter 167 Lychees? How can you expect me to have lychees!
Xue Youyou led Lu Yutang through an astonishingly long corridor with practiced ease. The wall lamps on both sides cast hazy shadows, making their shadows appear to grow longer and shorter.
At the end of the corridor, a magnificent hall stood quietly, with gilded characters prominently displayed on the lintel: Sacred Realm·Starry Sky.
The palace doors slowly opened, and a refreshing breeze wafted out. The two of them passed through the barrier behind the doors, which shimmered with a pale blue light, and disappeared into it.
The moment Lu Yutang stepped into the room, she felt as if the world had turned upside down.
A slight dizziness washed over her, as if she had been uprooted from her original space and gently landed in another world. When she came to her senses, a small world completely different from the outside world unfolded before her.
She subconsciously looked around.
The grass beneath my feet was like a carpet, so soft it felt unreal, dotted with wildflowers that swayed gently in the faint breeze. In the distance, ancient trees reached for the sky, their gnarled branches twisting and turning, the undulating contours of the mountains and the winding river complementing each other, creating a tranquil and timeless picture.
But what's most breathtaking is the vast starry sky above. Stars of all sizes are scattered about, some seemingly within reach, others as distant as the cold glimmer at the end of a dream.
The constellations were clearly arranged, and the Milky Way stretched across the sky like a long river of crushed gems, so magnificent it was almost unreal. The view extended infinitely in all directions, so vast it was unbelievable, as if the word "boundary" simply did not exist in this world.
Lu Yutang wasn't as surprised as Xue Youyou had been when she first arrived. The league had already demonstrated similar techniques during the quarterfinals.
Therefore, she quickly realized that the two were essentially the same. In other words, this magnificent, unreal world was nothing more than a fictional space.
Bringing her thoughts back, she quickly noticed the owner of the place.
Bao Yunxing sat under that familiar ancient tree, just as Xue Youyou had when she last visited. The gnarled roots rose from the ground, and two cups of steaming tea sat on the rustic tea table, wisps of white steam rising and slowly dissipating in the cool air.
Xue Youyou took the lead and walked over, followed closely by Lu Yutang.
Compared to Xue Youyou, who walked with ease and appeared calm as if she were simply going home, Lu Yutang's expression was noticeably tense. Even though she tried her best to maintain composure, her slightly pursed lips and slightly tightened shoulders betrayed her inner nervousness.
Approaching, Lu Yutang gave a slight bow, her tone respectful yet restrained: "Greetings, Alliance Leader. I heard you wanted to speak with me?"
Xue Youyou simply raised her hand casually and waved it lightly as a greeting.
Once you've been there a while, you get used to it. In her opinion, coming here now feels almost like coming home.
Bao Yunxing was surprised to see Xue Youyou come along, but she quickly understood. She shook her head and cursed Meng Tianxiang, that old fox, for acting on her own again.
"Are you afraid I'll eat you up?"
Bao Yunxing glanced at Lu Yutang, both amused and exasperated, then turned her gaze to Xue Youyou: "You even brought a bodyguard?"
Lu Yutang lowered her eyes, her tone still respectful: "I wouldn't dare."
"Alright, everyone, please sit down."
Before he could finish speaking, Bao Yunxing snapped his fingers crisply. A flash of light appeared on the tea table, and instantly a steaming cup of tea materialized out of thin air.
Lu Yutang sat down on the floor opposite Bao Yunxing as instructed, her back ramrod straight and her hands neatly placed on her knees. Xue Youyou, on the other hand, sat down to the side with an air of nonchalance, just like a notary.
Bao Yunxing didn't rush to talk about Lu Yutang's matter, but instead spoke to Xue Youyou first.
That feeling had been building up inside me for so long, I just had to get it out.
"You really gave me a big scare."
She picked up her teacup and took a sip, as if to calm herself: "You dare to miss the quarterfinals? Do you know how high my blood pressure is?"
She spoke with a mixture of complaint and helplessness.
Xue Youyou is so unreliable; she just disappeared without a trace.
Her meticulously planned scheme rested entirely on Xue Youyou's shoulders; that match had her heart pounding in her chest.
Xue Youyou shrugged, her tone calm and unhurried: "It was unavoidable. I was swept into an alternate dimension with a different time flow. I tried my best to rush back as fast as I could, but I still just missed it."
"what?"
Bao Yunxing paused, holding her teacup, completely stunned: "What's going on?"
Xue Youyou asked calmly, "Didn't you give me a Frost Burial Flower?"
Bao Yunxing nodded, her brows furrowed tightly: "Yes, what's wrong with the flower?"
She paused, as if she had thought of something, and her tone suddenly rose a few decibels: "Could it be that the Frost Burial Flower is related to you being pulled into another dimension?"
"I've won the lottery!"
Xue Youyou said calmly, as if she were stating a trivial matter: "The remnant soul of an emperor's pet beast that wasn't quite dead was attached to it, and it directly sucked me into another dimension."
"What?!"
Bao Yunxing's eyes widened suddenly, and he almost dropped the teacup in his hand, the tea sloshing violently inside.
Forgetting all decorum, she exclaimed in shock, "The remnant soul of an emperor's beloved beast?!"
"Which emperor?" she pressed, her voice already carrying a hint of tension she herself didn't realize.
Xue Youyou uttered four words: "Netherfrost Soul Master".
"hiss--!"
Bao Yunxing gasped, his expression visibly changing.
She had certainly heard of the name "Soul Master of the Frost Netherworld." It was a legendary, ferocious beast that enslaved the souls of the dead for eternity, a name written in blood in history books, a name that alone was enough to send chills down one's spine.
"It's actually the Soul Master of the Frost Netherworld..." she murmured, repeating herself as if processing this terrifying information.
Then, she snapped back to reality, looking Xue Youyou up and down with the eyes of someone staring at a monster, her gaze filled with disbelief: "Then... how did you manage to come back alive?"
Xue Youyou blinked and answered matter-of-factly, "When I thought about how I hadn't fulfilled my promise to Alliance Leader Bao, I figured I had to get out of here alive no matter what. I couldn't just die like this. So I unleashed my boundless power and came back."
Bao Yunxing: "..."
She took a deep breath and decided not to dwell on the matter any longer.
Forcibly suppressing her turbulent thoughts, she asked another, more pressing question: "Then... what about the remnant soul of the emperor within the Frost Burial Flower? Is it still in the other dimension?"
Xue Youyou spread her hands, her tone extremely innocent: "They ran away with us too. They're probably hiding somewhere in Yuelan Prefecture, or even in the City of Ten Thousand Beasts right now."
"Are you fucking kidding me?"
Bao Yunxing's eye twitched violently, and he couldn't help but swear.
Xue Youyou immediately raised her hand and swore, "I swear in the name of Beast Tamer, it's true."
Bao Yunxing: "..."
Her hand holding the teacup trembled slightly, and the ripples in the tea reflected the turbulent emotions within her.
She was almost driven to the point of vomiting blood by Xue Youyou's outburst, and suddenly raised her voice: "Such an urgent situation, and you could watch the game before coming to tell me?!"
"What are you thinking? Are you going to keep quiet unless I ask?!"
"Uh... calm down, leader."
Xue Youyou blinked and looked at Bao Yunxing with an extremely innocent expression.
Actually, she genuinely didn't think it was a big deal. If the Soul Lord of the Frost dared to show himself, she could just kill him.
It's just a withered soul, like an oil lamp that's burned out. What waves can it possibly stir up?
"Calm down? How am I supposed to calm down?!"
Bao Yunxing was so frustrated she almost ripped her hair out: "Why are you looking at me like that?! Do you even know how big of a mess you've made?!"
Lu Yutang, who was standing to the side, was completely dumbfounded.
She sat there upright, her gaze shifting back and forth between Xue Youyou and Bao Yunxing, her mind blank.
Who is she? Where is she? What is she doing here?